Tenda di Gionata (which translates as Jonathan’s Tent). Founded in 2018, it’s like an Italian, faith-based version of PFLAG.According to Avvenire.it the parents spoke to the Pope, 82, about the challenges they felt as the parents of LGBTQ children – especially when so many members of the Catholic church condemn their children.Related: “Blasphemous” Catholic archbishop accuses Pope Francis of heresy over sodomy allegationsThe group’s vice president, Mara Grassi, along with her husband, presented the Pope with a Spanish-language copy of their book about their journey, entitled Lucky Parents.
Others also presented him with letters detailing their own struggles reconciling their faith with having gay children. Some said their offspring had felt.